Fly-eliminating screen



Apr. 3, 1923.

J. E. JONES.

FLY E LIMINATING SCREEN.

FILED FEB. 23, 1921- Patented Apr. 3, 1923.

- UNITE STATES- ATENT OFFI JAMES E. JONES, on arcnivronn, INDIANA.

FLY-summertime scn nnn.

Application filed February 28, .1921. Serial No. 448,314..

Screens, of which the following is a full,

clear, and comprehensive specification and exposition, being such aswill enable others to make and use the same. i

The object of my present invention, broadly speaking, is to provide anarrangement of the nature set forth which will be simple in character,effective in practice, automatic in operation, and which can bemanufactured and sold at a comparatively low price.

More specifically stated my object is to provide a fly excluding anddispersing screen for windows, doors, or other openings, which will notonly exclude flies from entering a room, but which will result in theroom or building being cleared of flies in a very short time.

Other objects and particular advantages of the invention will suggestthemselves in the course of the following specification, and that whichis new will be correlated in the appended claim.

The preferred means for carrying out the principles of my invention in apractical and efiicient manner is shown in the accompanying drawingsforming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is an outsideor front elevation of a screen constructed in accordance with myinvention. Figure 2 is an inside view of the upper portion of the same.And Figure 3 is a vertical central cross section of the upper portion ofFigs. 1 and 2.

Similar indices denote like parts throughout the several views.

In order that the construction, the operation, and the advantages of theinvention may be more fully understood and appreciated, I will now takeup a detailed description thereof, in which I will set forth the severalfeatures as fully and clearly as I may.

In the drawings numerals 1 and 2 denote the two vertical side rails ofthe frame, and numerals 3 and 4 denote the horizontal top and bottomrails respectively of the screen frame. The said rails 1, 2, 8- and 4are secured together in any well known manner,

and the said frame is to be secured in a window, door, or other outsideopening of a room or building.

A wire" screen 5 extends between all of the members of said frame, beingsecuredat each edge thereto, the edges bein by the respective strips ofmoul ing 6, 7,

8 and 9.

At intervals along the lower edge of the rail 3, and the moulding 9, thescreen 5 is cut horizontally, and at the ends of said cuts a shortdownward cut is made, whereby the material forming the raw edges 5 maybe turned outward and downward, as shown in Fig. 3, and thereby forminga plurality of slots, as the slots 10, 11 and 12 shown in Fig. 1. i

Secured on the inside of the frame is the blind A which is impervious tolight, the same being contacted with and secured to the inner faces ofthe rails 1, 2 and 3, and it extends down below the slots 10, 11 and 12,thereby forming a pocket- B, as in Fig. 3, which is between the loweredge of the rail 3, the screen 5, and the blind A.

In'practice it is evident that flies will not enter from the outsidethrough the slots 10,

11 and 12 for instance, on account of thecomparative darkness in thepocket B, the blind A shutting off the light, and also flies would entersuch slots only by crawling upward thereto, and it is evident that theedges 5 will effectually prevent the flies from crawling upward into theslots.

However the flies which may be on the inside of the room will naturallylight upon the screen 5, on account of the light outside and they willtravel up the screen and will be led out through the said slots 10, 11

and 12, as they will all the time be headed toward the light.

I have found in practice that a screen in which my invention is.incorporated when placed in an outside window of a room will sooneffectually clear the interior of the house of flies, and will thereforeaccomplish the objects for which it is intended.

I desire that it be understood that various changes may be made in theseveral details of construction and in the arrangement of the severalparts without departing from the spirit of my invention and withoutsacrificing any of the advantages thereof which are new and useful.

Having now fully shown and described covered 1 my invention, what Iclaim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

A fly eliminating screen comprising in combination, a frame, awirescreen extending between all of the members of the frame and securedto the outer face thereof,-tlie screen being cut. horizontally atintervals along its upper portion and at the ends of each of said cutsthe screen material being out down vertically a short distance wherebythe material between each part of the vertical cuts may be turnedoutward and downward thereby forming a plurality of slots, a blind whichis impervious to light rigidly secured on the inside face of the frameand extending from the upper rail of the frame downward to a point belowsaid slots thereby forming a pocket between the blind and the upperportion of the screen, all substantially as shown and described and forthe purposes set forth.

, In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name to thisspecification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES E. JONES.

